hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ha/HAServiceProtocol.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.ha;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys;
import org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException;
import org.apache.hadoop.security.KerberosInfo;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Protocol interface that provides High Availability related primitives to
 * monitor and fail-over the service.
 * 
 * This interface could be used by HA frameworks to manage the service.
 */
@KerberosInfo(
    serverPrincipal=CommonConfigurationKeys.HADOOP_SECURITY_SERVICE_USER_NAME_KEY)
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface HAServiceProtocol {
  /**
   * Initial version of the protocol
   */
  public static final long versionID = 1L;

  /**
   * An HA service may be in active or standby state. During
   * startup, it is in an unknown INITIALIZING state.
   */
  public enum HAServiceState {
    INITIALIZING("initializing"),
    ACTIVE("active"),
    STANDBY("standby");

    private String name;

    HAServiceState(String name) {
      this.name = name;
    }

    public String toString() {
      return name;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Monitor the health of service. This periodically called by the HA
   * frameworks to monitor the health of the service.
   * 
   * Service is expected to perform checks to ensure it is functional.
   * If the service is not healthy due to failure or partial failure,
   * it is expected to throw {@link HealthCheckFailedException}.
   * The definition of service not healthy is left to the service.
   * 
   * Note that when health check of an Active service fails,
   * failover to standby may be done.
   * 
   * @throws HealthCheckFailedException
   *           if the health check of a service fails.
   * @throws AccessControlException
   *           if access is denied.
   * @throws IOException
   *           if other errors happen
   */
  public void monitorHealth() throws HealthCheckFailedException,
                                     AccessControlException,
                                     IOException;

  /**
   * Request service to transition to active state. No operation, if the
   * service is already in active state.
   * 
   * @throws ServiceFailedException
   *           if transition from standby to active fails.
   * @throws AccessControlException
   *           if access is denied.
   * @throws IOException
   *           if other errors happen
   */
  public void transitionToActive() throws ServiceFailedException,
                                          AccessControlException,
                                          IOException;

  /**
   * Request service to transition to standby state. No operation, if the
   * service is already in standby state.
   * 
   * @throws ServiceFailedException
   *           if transition from active to standby fails.
   * @throws AccessControlException
   *           if access is denied.
   * @throws IOException
   *           if other errors happen
   */
  public void transitionToStandby() throws ServiceFailedException,
                                           AccessControlException,
                                           IOException;

  /**
   * Return the current status of the service. The status indicates
   * the current <em>state</em> (e.g ACTIVE/STANDBY) as well as
   * some additional information.
   * 
   * @throws AccessControlException
   *           if access is denied.
   * @throws IOException
   *           if other errors happen
   * @see HAServiceStatus
   */
  public HAServiceStatus getServiceStatus() throws AccessControlException,
                                                   IOException;
}